Sheikh Mansour Festival’s premier races in UK today
chelmsford city (uk) — The Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan Global Arabian Flat Horse Racing Festival stops at Chelmsford City Racecourse in the United Kingdom on Saturday with all four of its race series to be run as part of the UAE Abu Dhabi Day, according to a press release.
On Saturday, August 12, the Festival will stage the His Highness Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup (Group 1), and the Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Ladies and Sheikha Fatima bint Apprentice World Championships (IFAHR) along with three supporting races under the Wathba Stallions banner.
The six-race fixture is being staged as part of Chelmsford’s successful music night series and the race meeting will conclude with live music from UB40.
Declarations for the His Highness Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Cup (Gr1PA) include proven older horses such as Kalino, the winner of the 2015 Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Jewel Crown (Gr1 PA), which, with a prize fund of €1.2 million, is the world’s richest Arabian horse race.
Also lining up are fellow Group winners Al Mouwaffak, Aghsaan and Swedish raider Macallan, whilst Mith’haf Athbah and Lou Raynal have also been Group placed. Furry, Sha’Hir, Al Raha and Naishaan complete the field in this Group 1 contest with a £80,000 prize fund.
In the Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship race, ten lady jockeys from around the globe line-up to win and qualify for the November finals in Abu Dhabi. The runners and riders are Majid bin Krayaan under Ireland’s Lisa O’Neill; Noble Athlete under UK’s Ellie Mackenzie; Callymay under Austria’s Manuela Slamanig; Kork MHF under Norway’s Thea Hofossaeter; Vindetta under Gerrmany’s Tamara Hofer; Conquer under Oman’s Fatma Al Manji; Farrah under Spain’s Beatriz Alonso; Madjanthat under Denmark’s Rikke Bay Torp; Zayin Indian Fuego under Poland’s Roksana Kulaga and Kayclaire under Bianca Willemstijn of The Netherlands.
Germany’s Tamara Hofer, who has ridden over 73 winners from 700 rides and Poland’s Kulaga with 7 winners from 96 races are the two Professional jockeys in the line-up.
The runners and riders in the Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak Apprentice World Championship (IFAHR) are: Karlos Du Cayrou under Portugal’s Manuel Fernandes; Cheik Roque under Poland’s Konrad Mazur; Emiraaty under UK’s Paddy Pilley; Munbaher under Germany’s Claudia Pawlak; Halib Des Forges under Cyprus Apprentice Marios Demetriou; Hau Kola under Sweden’s Alessandro Guerrin; Storm Troupour under Jordan’s Milly Naseb; Crahck under Norway’s Silja Storen; Man of Dreams under Ireland’s Andrew Breslin and Zayin Zodiac under Zimbabwe’s Jordan Uys.